Press Releases

Parents, educators,  advocates & community leaders urge Mayor and Chancellor to improve their class size reduction “plan”

Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. For immediate release: June 25, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Parents, educators,  advocates and community leaders urge Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks to improve their class size reduction “plan”   On June 24, 2024,  about 570 NYC parents, educators, advocates and community leaders sent critical comments to […]

June 25, 2024 in Press Releases by

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Parents and Class Size Matters file Commissioner’s Appeal vs DOE failure to ensure parent consent before placing their children in online classes

Legal documents, including the petition to the State Commissioner, the affidavits, DOE guidance, and the state regulations are posted here.  On On June 16, a corrected version of the Appeal was filed, as well as an additional affidavit from Amy Ming Tsai, Bronx parent, so that parents from all five boroughs are represented. Articles about […]

June 14, 2024 in Press Releases, Updates by

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 DOE latest class size “plan” no plan at all

For immediate release: May 8, 2024 Contact:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, said, “It is evident from the new document posted by the DOE today that they have no intention of ever complying with the state  class size law.  They have had nearly two years to plan […]

May 8, 2024 in Press Releases, Updates by

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Class Size Working Group members urge NYC to implement their recommendations without delay

For immediate release: December 11, 2023 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org   Class Size Working Group members urge the Chancellor of NYC schools to implement their recommendations without delay Here are quotations from the Class Size Working Group co-chair and some of the parent leaders, advocates, and working teachers and other school staff who were […]

December 11, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters & AQE urge State Education Department to require DOE submit a class size corrective action plan

Yesterday, Class Size Matters and AQE sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner, urging them to demand that DOE produce a class size corrective action plan, as it is clear that they have taken no steps to allow them to comply with the law.  Our press release is  below.  A Daily News article about […]

November 30, 2023 in Press Releases, Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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More than 300,000 NYC Students in High-Need Schools Stuck in Oversized Classes

See the UFT media release below about the press conference this morning at the Landmark Elementary school in Brooklyn, K599.  Some news clips: City & State, ABC7, Gothamist, NY1, Fox5 NY. Along with UFT President Michael Mulgrew, co-Executive Director AQE Zakiyah Ansari, and me who are quoted below, others speaking eloquently at the press conference […]

November 21, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades: NYC unlikely to comply with class size law next year

For Immediate Release: Nov. 15, 2023 More information:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com   Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades; Compliance With New Class Size Law Unlikely  Next Year Without Big Changes In DOE’s Policies The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC […]

November 15, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Attorney and plaintiffs express regret at Appellate Court decision on school budget cuts lawsuit today

A summary and most of the legal filings in the case are posted here.  Here are news clips from the  NY Times, the Daily News, Chalkbeat and Gothamist. For immediate release: November 22, 2022 For more information:  Laura Barbieri, lbarbieri@advocatesny.com; 914-819-3387 Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329   Attorney and plaintiffs express regret at Appellate Court decision […]

November 22, 2022 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Press release: NYC class sizes this year increase sharply in all grade spans except for HS

For immediate release: Nov. 16, 2022 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329   NYC class sizes this year increase sharply in all grade spans except for high school Parent leaders, advocates & elected officials demand DOE create a Task Force to develop plan to lower class size in compliance with new state law   […]

November 16, 2022 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Parents and advocates thank Gov. Hochul and cheer the signing of the class size bill

For immediate release: September 9, 2022 Contacts: Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com Julia Watson: 978.518.0729; julia@aqeny.org Randi Garay and Shirley Aubin: infocpacnyc@gmail.com Yesterday, Governor Hochul signed the class size bill passed overwhelmingly last June by the Legislature that would require NYC to phase in smaller classes over five years. The only change from the original bill […]

September 9, 2022 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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